 Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)

 They have but few laws, and such is their constitution that they need not many. They very much condemn other nations whose laws, together with the commentaries on them, swell up to so many volumes; for they think it an unreasonable thing to oblige men to obey a body of laws that are both of such a bulk, and so dark as not to be read and understood by every one of the subjects.Ch. 7 : Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages

 Translation: The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.Variant: The more corrupt the state, the more laws.Original Quote: And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt.Book III, 27.

 Translation: The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government. Variant: The more corrupt the state, the more laws. Original Quote: And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt. Book III, 27.